The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-29 00:00:00

1.x.• big ern. tie me, : )or- Jars left and lge• ters h Pal ltia, unt ,ord un• ace, ott, :he o( Loy ts ►ld ild sst )t -e . , • always be ready to : rally round the Constitu ,and to defeat the desigps -of its enemies ; nor ,',he hesitate to express his full confidence in the prinisters; who persevered and aaed upon those t i i , n ciPles at 'the present moment, which, in former roes, proved the salvation of the country. Ile tv i a ..." ---1 . Alderman Christopher Smith, and.the lode. "'lt Livery of London ;" with three times three. Alderman SMITH rose to return thanks.—He had h ue no more in forwarding the Declaration of the ev`'enendent Liverymen than it -was the duty of L i _ e l - Y man t o d o w h o f e lt interestea l for his. property, fancily, his freedotn, and his independence, and all the bl ess i ngs t h a t E ng li s h men en joy und e r the a _ fre e - an d happ y C onst i tut i on w hi c h h a d create d s [l . d hith erto preserve d ,an d h e truste d e ver wou ld pre the happiness we enjoyed in a degree so supe- I. - to I. to what was enjoyed by any other people or nation the u n i verse. He and the other loyal and inde pendent Li ver y men , might indeed claim some merit to t having put themselves forward, when others, I ( v Vally well inclined, shrunk back from a situation, though pointed out by duty, was yet for- Rh, able from the clamour, the abuse, and the L a 'Us of a .violent faaion. It was owing to the c kwardness of th e se men that many of the Wards r oA`lthe City, canvassed by braziers and .shoemakers, of other inferior mechanics, furnished in support ti the faaion to which he alluded, a boisterous naul : Il til de, which, though as inferior in numbers as It ,et ara— ,tae er and property -t9 those -of more cart t „ sentiments, contrived, in too many instances, the- sense of . the loyal .and respeaable by its senseless clamour. He trusted that exatnple and exertions of the loyal and inde 7(leni Liverymen would be folloWred through -11:t the country, and have the - effea of .animating heloyal, and checking the faotiout, in every i ll t of th, Empire ; nor could he doubt for a rtio•- _dent that the impression made by their exertions C T luld be con firm e d by th e glorious example of the „N!, respectable meeting be had then the happi '!s to address. 41iO4st-411 he Loyal and Independent Freeholdersof Mid. 4 ,'rx who diisent from the Resolutions of the late Meeting 4lackney ;” with three tines three, accompanied with an . versal tflrst of: applause. 1 , 1 1 ‘ilr• MELLISH returned thanks in a very few h °4l T. He felt proud of the honour done to him v " ( 1 the numerous body of his constituents who had I rtady come terward in defeace of the Coostitu itl, nor odd he deny the pleasure of hop- AR complete and decieive'viotory would-crown the tteriiorrs of the loyal classes of the community 1 1 1. ° 1 -tghOut every part of the Empire. For himself, 1 ,! should a l wa y s b e f o und a. his post, and his Con teents he trusted would never find him itiaaive or agi ' l Pihe in that great cause, which was the common E''Se of every loyal and well disposed man in the 41 pire. 4 '"Z:---" The Pilot that weathered the storm." 1 „ 1 11. 1e - Preildew raid, he was about to give a toast) f!Putilred elucidation ; for it would itself, , very short; contain a world of words: He the I'he Pilot who weathered the storm." Three times r oa an d r , e , itcrated bursts ot applause. The Landed and Commercial Interests of the 1 . 1 :111try • and may they, as on this day, be ever united."— , fee tint' es three. . " th k. BEESTON LONG said be could not deny himself Pleasure of giving the health of a Right Hog. Aehtleman present, who was purseing a course Of ' ld tninistration which he considered well calculated 1 4 tc), promote and unite the landed interests of the 41 "7- He shnnl,l thorvforc givc, 1` The Right Hon. Spencer Perceval." Three tunes three, ct universal - and long continued bursts of applause. PELICEVAL rose to return thanks. .He declar 'bq that the distinguished honour which had thus e en done him had so operated epon his feelings, th at h he wa s at a.loss for-adequate language to ex cre'qt what be felt on the- txceasion. To be-the ob :apf the 'approbation of such a company, must, nder any circumstance, be the most grateful and rlifYing ; but when he found his name coupled the landed and commercial interests of the I3 utary,'so flattering a complent could not fail Cakin g C th e ~ .d eepest impressio n upon him. That ' l s humble efforts .should meet the approbation of Itilterous an assemblage- of the friends .' - and ad ,riirers of that truly great man to whom the tribute this day was so it\stly paid, - was a circumstance - \ ''hich 'he must consider among the proudest and . r l'ost flattering of his life. It had certainly beei, the lu dy of himself and his colleagues to govern their ei., l 1"." ( loa by the example of that great MiniSter whose ° 54 we all deplore; convinced as they overt that i Was the surest line to be pursued to perpe t` ll ale that prosperity and security which we so }I a PPily enjoyed, and Whitt) -was our bright and' 'l,47alulble inheritance from him. . Unworthy as ; l e (trust continue' to think himself- 'of the dis 'nggished honour which this night had been 1 4 ) a aid : , him, he could not but feel gratified in the re j*cclion that he and his- colleagues were consideied servin g of-it by so numerous and trulrrespeetable assembly ; and to use the - words'of one of , O asis of •the evening, he trusted that while " the P r ibciples of the illustrious PITT continued to ant m their_Council," his Majesty's Ministers ri t 7 ° . t s be deemed to be pursuing an erroneous course. P . ,° ll ' his principles, and his principles atone, they , 4 " hitherto a6ted,.and it would be their study and 1 le ir pride, following him at a humble distance, to ‘t read in his steps and follow his example.— a rk i°ast.—" Lord Wellington and our gallant Army in Spain a„Plause Portugal."—Three times three, and loud and reiterated , G lee- r ` Britons strike home." The health of the. worthy Chairman was then i h ra uk, who returned thanks in a very animated Feech, He said, that our prospi.rity, our -:great /less, and - our security, he justly attributed to that g r eat and transcendent .character whose birth-day "ve were assembled to commemorate ; and while %ve rallied round his illustrious shade, we at the 3a tbe lime rallied round that glorious Constitution Which rend ere d Great Britain at once the envy and t he, admiration of the world. To his Councils, al "; were we indebted for the prosperity and se ctility We pcseessed, and by follewing'his example, toe Constit u ti on would n e ver -b eco me e n dangered b • b y the utmost efforts of faaion. • V The Wooden Walls of Old England," with three "nles three. Glee.._ " Britain's best Bulwarks." " Ships, Colonies, and Cetmmerce."—Great ap. P ' au se—lnatrumehal music; , TPast.---" Success to our arms by land and sea, and may • glorious snuggle be always crowned by an honourable peace. " Mr. CAN NING'S laealtb was drank with three tines three, followed by general and reiterated ,plaudits: Silence was called throughout the room, and apause ensued, in expeaatioi of a speech .from Mr. CAN NING, but that. Gentleman had previously retired Toast—" The Duke of Richmond, and prosperity to Old Ireland," With three times three, rectived the most cordial acclamations. Toast.—" The Duke of Buccleugh, and the fr;ends of Mr. Pitt in Scotland,' and old Scotland itself'," with three times three, was honoured with similar applause. His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH rettifned thanks for himself and his country, which 'he said had to boast of men as loyal, and as attached to the principles of Mr. PITT, as any other part of the Empire. "*-- The health of Lord _CASTLEREAGH was tnen drank with three times three, and most loudly ap plauded. • I • _ .Lord . CASTLEREAGH felt deeply that a compliment paid him by so respectable an assembly on any oc— casion, would have been highly flattering; but was doubly flattering on an occasion which, painful and aflliCting as it Was in one sense,• was satisfatiory and glorious in another, recalling and confirming, as it did, the principles and the man who had preserved _Great Britain in the storms of the perilous times that had passed, and given her strength, and solidity to meet, unimpaired, those present and to come. He felt a gratitude which he could not express, in find ing his name connetied, even in the humblest man ner with such a prototype and . on such 'anoccasion ; and he begged the company to accept the assurances of his deep sense of the honcur which he could not adequately express. : Shortly after this the greater' part of the company left the room highly gratified with a scene which, though in fat principally as it was intended to be a festival of .the heart, and a commemoration and a confirmation - of a man and of measures 'that constitute the safety of Britain, -.was at - the same time by the care of the Stewards and the exertions of Mesirs. Hall and Co. keepers ,of the tavern, as superb and elegant an entertainment as could possibly be pro ' vided for so large a company. 'The dihner, deseit, and wines were in quality, and in the manner of 'serving, admirabie and. satisfactory in the highest degree. A book containing the toasts, songs, and tributary verses on the occaston was given to' the Coineany, buttwe have not room fur more at preSent on a Meeting which may be considered as the tri umph of patriotic virtue and true public spirit. . - His MAJESTY- is expe. - .-ed 'to-morrow at the Queen's Palace, as .o hold a Court. Sir H.. HALFWIT) a ttended Piinces's AMELIA on Sunday evening, Jett. Winds - or yesterday morn ing for. Lond(;.:. Her-Royal Highness remains much the satne z considered worse.. AILTF CROTCH afforded a high gratifica tion hist night to the Musical amateurs, by a com- i memotatioti of HAYDN, at the Hanover square 110Q , HS. The whole consisted of a- judicious se lection from the works of that great Composer, and the pertortuance _ was in the first style of excellence. Dr. CaoTco himself performed_ a Concerto on the Grand Piano-forte, which was ore of the chief features-of this admirable enter tainment. . WlLLts's Rooms.—The fourth of the Concerts undo ; the direaion 2f Mts. BILLINGtON, and - BILAHAM, dre4v a numerous audience last night .to this place. The talents of these great pet form ers were exerted with ihe best effect, and their re spective exertions highly applauded. A vessel is arrived from Ostend in ballast, not having been permitted to take a cargo of wheat. The Captain states, that upon his arrival there, he was sent for by BUONAPARTE, and upon presenting -hitt:self, was asked, " Where is your French li - cense ?" Upon presenting it, he received for-an swer, that it was perfectly right. " But," added BUONAPARTE, " Where is your English license .?". The Captain appearing to hesitate, was ordered to produce it immediately. This he also complied with; upon which he was told that all was very well. " What did you carry to England when you last went there?"—=" Wheat." BUONAPARTE im mediately observed, that for the future no more licenses should be granted, -except for 'Ones and brandies, two-thirds of the forme'', and one-third of the hitter. The following froth New England, received yes= terday, refers to a subjea of considerable import ance, on which by our several letters it will have been seen there is great diversity of sentiment " BosToN, APRIL 2.—You already know that by a Clause in the Ate, the Non-intercourse law is to expire at the conclusion of the Session of Congrt3s, but many persons here imagine, that the President will have a power to continue its operation for such further time as he may think expedient., I have reason to believe, that no such authority will be given hint ; and, I am of opinion, that vessels- will be perfectly safe, signing bonds for their good con dud, though they were to take . their departure ►i anticipation Of the expiration of the law, and that the bonds they are compelled to enter into.wonld not be made' the foundation of any process. Con gress w►ll rise early in this month. To-day the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of bread to be raised 2d. per peck. The quartcrn loaf will then be is. sd. A' letter from Cadiz, dated the 4th of May, says : " I fancy the French have concentrated all their forces bere, for a soldier that was p wrecked in the late hurricane, and sent prisoner to Seville, escaped from thence a few_ days ago, and came here yester-, day ; he states that a serjeant's guard keeps posses sion of that city; and that during his journey from thence, he did not see a single French soldier. There are Very few men at Xeres or Port St. Mary's, and only 40 at Rota. " The Triumph's boats after the late, hurricane, picked up near 700 boxes of quicksilver, which, for the purpos?. of being taken care of, was stowed in the different store-rooms and the hold ; bu; the heat having caused the boxes to crack, several tons of the subtle fluid ran throtigh the ship, and completely salivated the people : upwards of 300 "of them were shifted into transports; several of them have lost all their teeth—one man his tongue ; and many others are atleaed in so serious a manner that it is feared they cannot recover. The provisions also partook of the pernicious influence of the quicksilver; and the Triumph is ordered to Gibraltar, to be cleared immediately." FRENCH AND DUTCH PI,PERS. PARIS, MAY 23. REPORT BY THE MINI,STER OF WAA TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR AND KING. rais, April 29, 1810. " I have the honour to inform your Majesty, in consequence of the orders I rer . 3ei% err, that the num ber of English prisoners who distinguished them: selves at the fire, that broke out at the town of Auxonne, is 21; to wit, 12 of the first class of Cap tains of Merchant vessels; 3 of tho second class; 4 Merchant passengers; one Merchant detained as an hostage,' and a sailor. " Ten of them received hurts ; viz. Messrs.Wes', .Mumble, Dobbins, Burst, Fenil, and Topping, (rathersevere ones) ; and essrs, Mosely, 'Welsh (who had 'before saved a child from..theilames at Arras), itobinson and Davie;', less severely; they are all recovered.. Tr:ose who appear have exposed themselves to danger the longest, without having received any injury, are Messes. Atkinson (Robert), Macjunes, Pemberton, Delivet, and Smaile.. Great praise is due to Messrs. Thornhill, Hollby; Miller, Atkin son (Thomas), and Collins. They also - gave proofs of zeal, and afforded great assistance. " .The account transmitters by the Prefea of 11111 Cote d'Or, put your Majesty in possession, if you will deign to look at .of fuller particutirs respect ing the conduit of these priSoners, and the nature of the reward which your Majesty seems inclined to bestow on them. (Signed) Duke of FILTRE." " Thp Minister of War will exprec.3 :o them my ,"satisfaction will o;der" them to .be. paid a reward amounting to six months pay, and will send-them `to 41eir own country, under their promise not to Serve umii They aalexchangkA." (Signed) " Antwerp, May 3, 1810." " NAPOLEON." TO HIS SERENE lIIGHINESS THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL. " MONSEIGNEUR, H Agteeattly to the combiunication.made to your I Serene Highness, in 'one of my preceding dispatches, the batteries at Matagciida Nail were unmasked at - four o'clock on 'the morning of 'the 21st, and a fire commenced - from 48 pieces of cannon - and mor tars on the enemy's ships, which had taken a stati.on bet Ween that point and the Puntal Castle, from. which it supported the fort of Matagorth, and great ly incommoltd our works. Several rethhot shot Were' fired ;- some of which struck a shie of the-line and set her on fire. This vessel; as well as several bombs, sloops", and gun-boats, were obliged to withdraw from their position. The whole pre was then diri...eted on Matagorda. This fort, 'notwith standing, continued to-defend itself until the morn ing of the 22c1; and would probably have held out ei hours longer, if bile of our shells, which fell on the powder magazine, had not blown it up, dis= mantled the works, and killed a nember cf The rest of the-garrison, alarme_i by this v. • dent, - hastily embarked, and left the fort to b:: occupwd by. -the Imperial troops. Marshal the Duke of Bellow) inforrias me, that it was intended, on the following night, to occupy it in force ; to repair the-works, and dire& 21 pieces of cannOn that - hare been fpund there against Cadiz. " The capture of the fort of Matagorda will ne cessarily hare: produced a•great effed at Cadiz ; and • • the more so, because the enemy's ships may now be attacked at their anclioracr ° e, and cannot commu nicate except by stealth, and at night, with their establishment- at the Caraccas and the inner harbour. - We shall also derive this advantage from it, that we shall be able tb ere& our batteries 'nearer, and to - throw shells into Cadiz ; at the same time that we ' shall assemble, in the channel of Trocadero, the flotilla of bomb's and gun-boats we are preparing.— Twenty of these gun-boats will be immediately manned, and others are building. But on this sub jet 'I must inform your. Highness, that the pre sence of 'a body of 1000 or 1200 seamen, com pletely organized (or even more, if possible) would be of great advantage to the service in this quarter. The greater part might nran these vessels, and the remainder might be advantageously employed on the coast of the Ocean or the Mediterranean ; a disposal of this force that would contribute to keep the coun try in subjeEtion; intercept every kind of tnerean tile coannunication, and thus contribute to the suc cess,of our operations. Then should we begin to conceive hopes of soon seeing the numerous popu lation of Cadiz, which already begins to 'be strait ened, subMit and drive out the English of their own accord. " Marshal, the Duke of Treviso, atter having cleared the-coast to Ayamonte of the enemy, and beateir the corps of Baltasteros at Zalamea la Real, took measures" for keeping the inhabitants of that distriCt.within the line of their dill, and is sending to Seville the troops that he finds it necessary to leave there. General Brayer his entered Estramadura With a strong column, He is to communicate with the second corps, which has pushed detachments to Los Santos and Zafra ; he will afterwards take a position at Ronquillo. _ (Signed) " The Duke of DALMATIA." NAPLES, MAY 3.—A cut down ship. of the line, carrying 50 guns (thirty - 24 pounders, and twenty 33 pound Carronades) has euutinucd for these four days in the gulph of Naples, and interrupted the comtnunication with the. c.ipital. Means. were prepared to take her,• or, at least, 'to oblige ber to retire. The day before yesterday, the 3d, about seven in the morning, a flotilla, consisting of a frigate, a sloop, a brig, and cutter, and six gun boats that :sailed the preceding night, arrived within a short distance of the enemy's vessel, which they resolved to carry by boarding. : The fog prevented them ironi ,ascertaining the strength of the enemy, When it cleared Up, they were within pistol shot; but they found that the sides of the vessel were too high to allow them to board. The aEtion began, The Neapolitans bravely supported it during three hours; from the heights of :Pausilippo to those of Ischia. Although they were caught in a calm which detain ed them for three quarters of auhour under the ene my's fire, within half pistol shot, nothing could induce them to give up the attempt, until the ene my bo,re 'off and got out of the Bay. On the morning of the.4th she . was seen at a great dis. • • • •• tance, nAking for Sicily ; and in the evening sh was out o, s,ic;ht. " At 1 1 :e beginning of the engagement mander .of the squadron had his arm broken, by at shut ; the ;Second in Command was killed, and two other officers v..nunded. T . he lvizate and sloop -have ntceived 'a good'deal of damage ; but they_ will scym be in a condition. to' put to sea again. • They returned at 4 o'clock to the evening; with thy- gun boats. The brig, which was very much damaged, sunk after the aelion. It was impossible lur any squad - eon to behave With / greater bralery than the flo!i4la did in this brilliant atrair, which was not at tended with all the success that we at first expected; bu which has, notwithstanding, pm ,lured this adv;in tage; that it has removed, for so. m. tin y, the cue my, whose presence was*produc►ive' of so much in convenience." VIENNA, MAY 7.—As. ,the theatre of war be-. tweemthe Rdssians and Turks closely approximates the froptit , rs of Hi:ngary, the Austrian Government has though er to eNtabli,h ,a proper cordon of troops, the chief c - Ornmand o wh•ch is confined to Lieut Field Marshal Duka. His head quarters will •. be at Te in es wa r. MAY I o.—Our tronps will form a cordon along the frontiers of Turkey ; but the principal force wilt be c , ,,neentrated in the Bannat, and the ten itory of Syrmia. ,r , OSTEND, MAY 201- 7 -Their Majesties arrived here this day at noon. They came in a very handsome yacht, by tho. ciinal of 13r,iges-. His Majesty !he . Emperor, before he entered the town,' vlsited the port, the jetties, basins, sea-dyke, tort;tica.ionsi, and. the .(-2:lensie and magnificent works, corn- , menced since his last journey, and now ,nearly - finished. POI ICE. • GetultHALL.- , --Yesterday three compositorS, named Johnson,* Dalton, and Alder, were -bright • up •on a charge of assault and trespass. One of the Proprierors et The Times paper• stated . , that consequence ,of a generid.' combination among the; Newspaper 'Prititerg, -for obtaining an exorbitant increase of wages, all the' compositors and ple!isleen had given aJortnight's. notice that they • would dis.: continue working on The Times.. This perio.l hav; , ing• expired on Saturday, without any . wish being expresSe.d by the proprietors to retain the men who had given warning, although they-were ready to illy the increased wages to fresh hands, the gene•al of printers entered into a conspiracy to d. (et, !)v every - possible means of annoyance, any others *in the trade from supplying the: places of the former workmen. In jherance of this design, a number of them assembled at du.k On Sunday evening ; op posite the printing-office of The Times; .Wilerc. they excited considerable claMour and confusion ; threa tening ,personat violence to those who had succeed= ed them. At 'last, their audacity reached such •an height, that the three pa,oners above hamed; tered on the premises of the proprietors, and assault ed one of the new hands. The person on whom the assault was made:stafed, that having been employed on an Evening Paper, one of th; prisoners came to him on Saturday as he was at work, and threatened him with personal -vio lence if he wen to work on The Times. On _Son day--evening :the same person came opposite the / window of The Times office, near which he worked, and repealed his threats. 'About ten having. occasion :to go into the back yard, on his re - ihrn he was seized in the passage by the arm, by Johnson (the two others being present), who said, " So, you little --, you are going to put this paper to press to-night ?" He called out for assistance, and they immediately withdrew. Shortly after. !hey were taken - into custody at a neighbouring house, and being identified, were sent for. the night to the Compter. The prisoners could offer nothing in their defence. Johnsen said, that his reason for going on the pre tnises was to ste some friends who occasionally worked there; Dutton stated that he went to see what was• becoMe of Johnsoii ,"and Alder, " tliat he went to Ipok after the other two." The fast ^ of the assault having been deposed to; the three prisoners were ordered to , find bail ; and. the Magistrate observed tO the Proprietor of The Times, that - he might besides prosecute them, for' a conspiracy, at the ensuing Sessions, which the lat ter declared he should assuredly. do.' It was stated in the course of the proceedings, ,that a considerable number of Newspaper printers have bound theinselves by an oath, not' to' succeed for six months . to the situation Of any of the trade who shall either be dismissed, or shall voluntarily quit his employment, in consequence of demanding, or not obtaining, an increase of wages. The object of this highly criminal oath is to put the Proprietors of Newspapers entirely at the mercy of the con spiring printers,_by rendering it impossible for th , :qn to procure substitutes in the place of the rcfrattory. The premises of Mr. Mosely, of Tofts, caught fire alew nights ago, owing to a spark lrorn'the chim ney falling on the thatch of the barn, and Vl. ere en tirely destroyed. The bailiff, who resided at the cottage, took one of the - horses to ride into the vil lage for assistance, having previously_ turned the ether foes horses out of the stable but forgetting to fasten the stable-door, the animals returned in again during his absence, and were all bp rut. An alarming fire broke out on itiurday'ilight the house of Captain Smith, at Thorney, Bucks, which , consumed• the mansion, together with tour out-houses and six fine horses, the whole of h:ch is estimated at 80001. loss, end not one third of which was insured. It was occasioned ,by the: heat of an oven newly constructed in the kitci en settiHg fire to a bed-room. Mr. Smith 'and his family, wcN in London at the time of the fire. Several persons at Sydney, (New South Wales) have begun to cultivate the hop vine. A Mr. SQUIRES, in 1808; planted two.acres, from which he gathered 500 cwt. of clear hops. Last year be bad four acres in, which he poks..L about t tie middle of November last ; they con. inued to look rernatk- A bly well, the weather be:rig moist and-favourable until the middle of Dt!cember, the perceptible grow th o f the vines being from 12 to 18 inches in' the course of a day and night. Several hot days, however, affected the vines, that, though the crop was estimated at a ton, not more than on third of that quantity was obtained. 1 s' \ ~